Brittany Forgler is a hilarious, friendly, hot mess of a New Yorker who always knows how to have a good time, but at 27, her late-night adventures and early-morning walks-of-shame are starting to catch up to her. When she stops by a Yelp-recommended doctor’s office in an attempt to score some Adderall, she finds herself … Read more
A modern Mark Twain style adventure story, THE PEANUT BUTTER FALCON tells the story of Zak (Zack Gottsagen), a young man with Down syndrome, who runs away from a residential nursing home to follow his dream of attending the professional wrestling school of his idol, The Salt Water Redneck (Thomas Haden Church). A strange turn … Read more
Miles Davis: Horn player, bandleader, innovator. Elegant, intellectual, vain. Callous, conflicted, controversial. Magnificent, mercurial. Genius. The very embodiment of cool. The man with a sound so beautiful it could break your heart. The central theme of Miles Davis’s life was his restless determination to break boundaries and live life on his own terms. It made … Read more
Evil resurfaces in Derry as director Andy Muschietti reunites the Losers Club in a return to where it all began with IT Chapter Two the conclusion to the highest-grossing horror film of all time. Twenty-seven years after the Losers Club defeated the supernatural, big-headed clown Pennywise, he has returned to terrorize the town of Derry … Read more
The Rio Theatre‘s Friday Late Night Movie series continues with a special 40th Anniversary restoration of Stuart Gordon‘s sci-fi horror comedy, RE-ANIMATOR. H.P. Lovecraft and Lucio Fulci did not team up to make the most amazing gore-sex grotesquerie of 1985 — but thanks to RE-ANIMATOR, they didn’t have to. Director Gordon and producer Brian Yuzna’s joint … Read more
Teton Gravity Research is back at the Rio on Sunday, November 10th for the premiere for their newest feature length snowboard film, ROADLESS – featuring legends Jeremy Jones, Travis Rice and Bryan Iguchi on a foot-powered mission through some of the most remote terrain in the continental United States. Don’t miss seeing this film on the … Read more
On October 11, 54 filmmakers set across Vancouver to shoot a 5-minute horror film in 48 hours. All of these films are world premieres for the Blood N Guts Horror Film Competition. Blood N Guts is the sister festival to the Run N Gun 48 Hour Film Competition. Tuesday, October 22 Blood N Guts 2019: … Read more
“What happens when you sleep?” So asks the 2007 blockbuster PARANORMAL ACTIVITY, one of our favourite quasi-terrifying (but is it, though?) found footage-ish franchise flicks of the mid-aughties, that eventually went on to spawn many (many) more sequels. So obviously… It must be riffed! The Gentlemen Hecklers (Eric Fell and Patrick Maliha) provide live, hilarious … Read more
Arc’teryx presents brand new ski films and a live multi-media presentation from Michelle Parker. Hosted by Greg Hill. Monday, Nov 18, 2019 Doors 6:30pm | Show 7:30pm Ticketing info HERE *Minors permitted in the balcony. Must be 19+ w/ID for bar service and main floor seating. Sorry, Rio Theatre Groupons and passes not accepted for … Read more
Presented by the Vancouver International Mountain Film Festival The Reel Rock Film Tour, one of climbing’s greatest celebrations, returns this fall with a new collection of world premiere films. In The High Road, the powerful and bold Nina Williams tests herself on some of the highest, most difficult boulder problems ever climbed. In United States … Read more
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